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• Margaret Childs has been located safe and sound. #BarriePolice wish to thank the public and the media for their assistance in helping bring her home safely to her family.pic.twitter.com/DuuziEywWm

  16-10-2019 23:46 via @BarriePolice Barrie Police
  Margaret Childs has been located safe and sound. #BarriePolice wish to thank the public and the media for their assistance in helping bring her home safely to her family.pic.twitter.com/DuuziEywWm
  
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• Fatality on GO Train Barrie Line, one track now open for northbound trains

  16-10-2019 22:58 via CTV News Barrie
  The Barrie GO Transit Line is experiencing delays due to a fatality on the tracks earlier this afternoon.
  
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• Fatality on GO Train Barrie Line causes delays

  16-10-2019 22:58 via CTV News Barrie
  The Barrie GO Transit Line experienced delays due to a fatality on the tracks earlier this afternoon.
  
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• Thousands were left in the dark after transformer fire

  16-10-2019 22:31 via CTV News Barrie
  A transformer fire in Essa Township this morning left thousands of people in the dark.
  
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• Thousands in the dark after transformer fire

  16-10-2019 22:31 via CTV News Barrie
  A transformer fire in Essa Township this morning left thousands of people in the dark.
  
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• Risk of E. coli prompts raw beef recall

  16-10-2019 21:42 via CTV News Barrie
  A recall of raw beef products from a Toronto-based slaughterhouse is being expanded in Ontario, Alberta and B-C.
  
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• Elementary teachers' union says talks with Ontario government have stalled

  16-10-2019 21:35 via CTV News Barrie
  Elementary school teachers in Ontario have asked for a conciliation officer to step in to resolve contract talks with the province.
  
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• As a follow up to the Revenue Canada Scam, #BarriePolice is asking that the family & friends of middle & senior aged people who hear this recording & know how the scam is intended to work to make them aware of these potential callers. Fraud ha

  16-10-2019 21:05 via @BarriePolice Barrie Police
  As a follow up to the Revenue Canada Scam, #BarriePolice is asking that the family & friends of middle & senior aged people who hear this recording & know how the scam is intended to work to make them aware of these potential callers. Fraud has no place in our Community.
  
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• Marineland to sell 5 belugas to U.S. facility for research and breeding

  16-10-2019 21:03 via CTV News Barrie
  Marineland has applied for permits to sell five beluga whales to a U.S. facility that plans to use them for research and breeding, which is currently banned in Canada.
  
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• Have a listen to this recording of the Revenue Canada Scam. #BarriePolice are receiving countless calls from concerned citizens. It is a SCAM - simply hang up if you receive a call and NO, the police will not be coming to arrest you. ⁦@CanRevAgency&

  16-10-2019 20:52 via @BarriePolice Barrie Police
  Have a listen to this recording of the Revenue Canada Scam. #BarriePolice are receiving countless calls from concerned citizens. It is a SCAM - simply hang up if you receive a call and NO, the police will not be coming to arrest you. ⁦@CanRevAgency⁩ ⁦@canantifraud⁩pic.twitter.com/2fjdFL5NIE
  
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• Former Barrie swim coach found not guilty of multiple sex offences

  16-10-2019 19:46 via CTV News Barrie
  A former Barrie swimming coach who was charged with multiple sex offences will not spend any time behind bars.
  
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• Turning a house into a home one donation at a time

  16-10-2019 19:17 via CTV News Barrie
  A new Furniture Bank helps turn a house into a home for families living in subsidized housing across the Barrie area.
  
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• Train collides with pickup truck claiming two lives

  16-10-2019 19:14 via CTV News Barrie
  Two people are dead as a result of a collision between a pickup truck and a train in Machar.
  
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• Moose on a mission along Highway 11

  16-10-2019 17:50 via CTV News Barrie
  Provincial police were busy tracking a moose on a mission throughout the day on Tuesday as it meandered along Highway 11 in Orillia.
  
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• More than 300 charges laid, 'kingpin' identified in multi-provincial human trafficking investigation

  16-10-2019 15:55 via CTV News Barrie
  Police have identified the "kingpin" in a multi-provincial human trafficking and organized crime investigation, which led to more than 300 charges being laid and 31 people taken into custody.
  
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• Congratulations to the Top Army Cadet in Canada from the First Grey & Simcoe Foresters who was presented the General Walsh Memorial Award this evening by Maj. Doug Bosch. Doug is also a member of the #BarriePolice. This recognition is a first for Firs

  16-10-2019 04:23 via @BarriePolice Barrie Police
  Congratulations to the Top Army Cadet in Canada from the First Grey & Simcoe Foresters who was presented the General Walsh Memorial Award this evening by Maj. Doug Bosch. Doug is also a member of the #BarriePolice. This recognition is a first for First Grey & Simcoe Foresters!pic.twitter.com/rBlgSjN3MM
  
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• Educators remain without a contract across the province

  16-10-2019 01:08 via CTV News Barrie
  Just one week after Ontario parents managed to breathe a sigh of relief over tense contract talks between CUPE and the province that would have forced the closure of many schools, the possibility of a strike looms once again.
  
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• Educational workers remain without a contract across the province

  16-10-2019 01:08 via CTV News Barrie
  Just one week after Ontario parents managed to breathe a sigh of relief over tense contract talks between CUPE and the province that would have forced the closure of many schools, the possibility of a strike looms once again.
  
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• Welcome back to TV Tony! @CTVKitchener is lucky to have you! A real journalistic guru is one step closer to VRLand! @CTVBarrieNews @tonygracectv

  16-10-2019 00:43 via @BarriePolice Barrie Police
  Welcome back to TV Tony! @CTVKitchener is lucky to have you! A real journalistic guru is one step closer to VRLand!@CTVBarrieNews @tonygracectv
  
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• OPP investigating death of driver in Bracebridge

  15-10-2019 21:05 via CTV News Barrie
  Police are investigating the death of a 56-year-old driver in Bracebridge who collided with a tree this morning.
  
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• Midland pair win big with lottery

  15-10-2019 19:26 via CTV News Barrie
  Two Midland residents are $100,000 richer after winning the lottery.
  
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• Trail of destruction leads to impaired driving charges for Caledon man

  15-10-2019 19:10 via CTV News Barrie
  Twisted metal, smashed light poles and a damaged fence – a path of destruction in Bolton that started on Highway 50 near McEwan Drive and ended four kilometres away.
  
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• Man, 23, charged with dangerous driving in crash that killed two people

  15-10-2019 18:31 via CTV News Barrie
  A 23-year-old King Township man is charged with two counts of dangerous driving after two people died in a collision on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Fire breaks out in roof of lakeside home in Oro-Medonte

  15-10-2019 18:21 via CTV News Barrie
  A lakeside home in Oro-Medonte sustained significant smoke and water damage when a fire broke out this morning.
  
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• 'Save the kids!' Dorian survivor tells the harrowing story of his Ontario wife's death

  15-10-2019 17:54 via CTV News Barrie
  Cialin Dany knew he was in trouble when he saw a massive palm tree laying on the ground next to the Abaco Lodge.
  
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• Whitchurch-Stouffville crash claims the life of one man, sends another to hospital

  15-10-2019 17:45 via CTV News Barrie
  Police are appealing for witnesses to a collision over the weekend that claimed the life of one man.
  
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• 13-year-old driver charged in crash that left 13-year-old passenger hurt

  15-10-2019 17:32 via CTV News Barrie
  Police say a 13-year-old boy is in custody after an early-morning joyride ended in a multi-vehicle crash that sent his teenage passenger to hospital.
  
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• Teenager critically injured after ATV Crash in Dufferin County

  15-10-2019 15:27 via CTV News Barrie
  A teenager has been critically injured and two others were sent to hospital after an ATV crash in Amaranth Township Monday afternoon.
  
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• One person critically injured after ATV Crash in Dufferin County

  15-10-2019 15:27 via CTV News Barrie
  One person has been critically injured and two others were sent to hospital after an ATV crash in Amaranth Township Monday afternoon.
  
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• More witnesses sought in Toronto hit-and-run that badly injured toddler

  14-10-2019 17:45 via CTV News Barrie
  Toronto police are asking those who witnessed an alleged hit-and-run that badly injured a toddler, his mother and his grandmother on Sunday to come forward.
  
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• More witnesses sought in Toronto hit-and-run that badly injured baby

  14-10-2019 17:45 via CTV News Barrie
  Toronto police are asking those who witnessed an alleged hit-and-run that badly injured a toddler, his mother and his grandmother on Sunday to come forward.
  
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• Turnout at advance polls up: more than 2 million Canadians have voted already

  14-10-2019 17:10 via CTV News Barrie
  Over the first two days of advance polling, approximately two million Canadians cast their ballot, according to Elections Canada. That's a 25 per cent increase from the number of voters who voted during the first two days of advance polls in the 2015 federal election.
  
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• Have you decided where you’ll be trick-or-treating this year? Take time to plan your route and make sure parents and kids both know where to go. http://www.barriepolice.ca/safety-crime-prevention/ …pic.twitter.com/WMuyYMas3O

  14-10-2019 16:25 via @BarriePolice Barrie Police
  Have you decided where you’ll be trick-or-treating this year? Take time to plan your route and make sure parents and kids both know where to go. http://www.barriepolice.ca/safety-crime-prevention/ …pic.twitter.com/WMuyYMas3O
  
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• Drive safely this long weekend! Barrie Police Service has joined #OperationImpact2019 and will be looking for high-risk driving behaviours: alcohol-impaired driving, drug-impaired driving, distracted driving, aggressive driving and seat belt use.pic.twitt

  14-10-2019 15:20 via @BarriePolice Barrie Police
  Drive safely this long weekend! Barrie Police Service has joined #OperationImpact2019 and will be looking for high-risk driving behaviours: alcohol-impaired driving, drug-impaired driving, distracted driving, aggressive driving and seat belt use.pic.twitter.com/LbvuR05bVP
  
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